Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

| light pants on the evening Of the murder.
Mrs ]. W. Gilbert testified that Mrs. Leavitt
said that for two cents she would do up Had
dock. Mrs Anna Kegemeyer testified to tho
| same.
d: G. Barnes testified to being with Arens-
dorf at tho shepherd until after 10 o'clock,
and that when lie left him Arensdorf went
| east. John Davelaar testified to seeing Ar
| ensdorf at Eberley's saloon with Barnes at
$3.50, and Sam Kicker to seeing Barnes and
! Aronsdorf at the Shepherd at 10 o'clock. w.
| p. Written testified t,iat it is $40 feet from
the bridge to tn electric light
| Adolph Nepper testified that Arensdorf
bought the Bismarck house for him, Adolph:.
John Martin testified that Leavitt ga d: spll
do some # them up" referring to Haddock,
| ct al
VIM Scott testified that Arensdorf was at
the Shepherd at 1905 on the night Of the
murder.
G. ". Smith testified to looking out Of the
Columbia hou 9 window, seeing the shooting,
and that the man who shot wors straw hat,
rubber coat aud light pants; also told OF
| various statements he had sworn to.
Albert Nash, r. s. Martin, w. j. Radcliffe,
J. Feldenheimor and William Hiles t. stitied
to the good character of Arensdorf and the
bad character of Leavilt
H. A. Lyon testified that whea beside the
dead body soon af,er the shooting Arens lori
came from the cast to the crowd
Z. Lu 2 testified that Arensdorf interfered
in behalf of a temperance speaker whom Geo
Trelber attacked.
Leavenworth dispositions were presented as
to Leavitt's bad character in that city.
J. H. Simonson testified that there was no
secret meeting held at Holdenrelds hall to
h knowledge.
Julius 1ieberton testified that The man who
shot Haddock followed him from the Column
bla house corner, then ran north on Water
street
IL q A. A., ~
Haddock wore rubber coat and ran north
on Water street.
j. W. Taylor ties -itiod that Arensdorf re-
manned at the Shepherd until 10 o'clock.
ID. NJ Kill.an and William Sparks testified
as to the condition of the e,ectlic light
could not recognize man at a little distance
John Dedrick testified that Bismarck was
with him, drunk, on Pearl street, when tie
shot was fret.
Swan Anderson testified that he was about
ten feet beyond the bridge when the shot was
fired, stopped, saw no one cross The bridge.
]. c. Peterson, alias Juhl, testified that he
saw the shoo lug; that the man who shot wore
a black rubber coat, brown hat and light
pants.
James Junk denied tho part of Leavitt's
evidence about paying the .ck driver.
Joe Borsch testified that E.smarck's charac-
ter was bad.
J. f. Bolton gave evidence about Leavitts
indictment, and Geo. Searls as to the location
the murder. Sheriff Mcdonald testified as
to the wa rant for Leavitt's arrest.
J. c. Hart, boarder at the Milwaukee house,
! testified that he was with Paul Leader on the
night of the murder, that they two walked
through the crowd at Dineens corner; that
shot 10 oked around; saw man with rubber
coat and light pants running from man who
was shot
Paul Leader testified to substantially the
same as Hart, only was positive that it was
Leavitt who took his hat, and identified the
night t,ok This was the same hat as the ono
| identified by Doersam as the one left by
Leavitt in his room. Leader also stated that
| Arensdorf was at Junks when he Neader)
left Neither Hart nor Leader recognized
anyone in the crowd but Leavitt Leader cor
roDorsted Bismarck as to man running
| from the corner to meet the crowd and tell
| ''Ihe buggy has come"
| Frank A. Hill testified that in taking Leav-
\ tits evidence he did not write all Leavitt said
| John Fitzsimmons testifi ID his belief that
| the man who shot ran north on Water street,
and was not Arensdorf.
| W. O. Merrill testified to Bismarck's bad
character.
Arensdorf advised that the prohibition work
\ ers be MT injured, but the evidence was
ruled out
s. ]. Quincy testified that before the grand
| jury Leavitt was not asked who were present
ut tho secret SESSION at Holdenreid's hall
Nicholas Paunley ties flied that the east
| doors o! the brewery were locked on the night
| of the murder
D. c. Barnes, recalled, testified that on the
night of the murder Arensdorf wore dark
| suit, no rubber coat
| Harry Sherman, one of tho accused, testified
to the same as to the clothes, and that Arens-
| dorf was at his place, the English Kitchen,
at 1880 and there he, Sherman, first heard Of
| the murder.
Robert Buchanan, boy, testified that Arens-
dorf was not, and Leavltt was, in the crowd
| that went TO Dineen's corner. Like the
others, the boy knew NJ one in the crowd but
Lsavit5
John Arensdorf, the accused, denied all the
| material points in the evidence of Leavitt,
bismarck and Bismarck's daughter; testified
that from Junk's he went east to the English
Kitchen, was there when he heard of the
murder.
charging tho crime to Arensdorf were the
same IL all material points.
| A few witnesses were introduced BY the
State in rebuttal, but nothing new developed.
The State rested it's case March 81. John
Arensdorf was placed on ths witness stand
April z. The defense rested its case April II.
The case went to the jury Saturday, April 10
The jury was called tito the curt room
Sunday, April Il, at 1880 by Judge lewir.
Dennis OConnel Sailx farmer, was the
| only Juryman Voting guilty, ana he an
nounced that he would never change his
mind under the evidence, whercupon he jury
was discharged, and the prisoner held in 49,
600 for further trial
At the June term the cases were again
called, and tho Stale elected to try Fred
Munchrath, jr., first The defense askea
Tor and gained continuance to ,he
present term on account of the
defendant being sick. The cases were again
calle,a at the beginning OF the present term,
and the trial of Fred Munchra;h, Jr, set for
September S. Owing to absent Witnesses a
| continuance was granted until the 7th
| FRED MUNCHRATH, JR.
| The Defendant Now ON Trial-YhO He Is
and How He Looks.